> If you "su -", the environment is identical.
Aaarrrggghhh! NO--the "su" and "su -" environments are NOT the same.
Whether it's "su" or "su userid" the Substitute User command switches
you to the appropriate userid--but you still retain basically the same
environment that you already had. However, if you use "su -" or "su -
userid", you not only switch, but go through all the steps of a normal
logon to the new userid and pick up the new userid's environment.
Notice: the "-" is actually an argument to the su command.
As a Unix SysAdmin, I stubbed my toe enough times when I didn't use the
blasted "-" that I finally quit using plain "su" entirely.
While it may be that either "su" or "su -" will work in the situation in
question, the linux environments are NOT identical.
-mj-
Dan Lund wrote:
> If you "su -", the environment is identical.
>
> On 2/11/06, Technomage <technomage-hawke@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>are you compiling as root or "su"?
>>
>>there is a difference in how the environment is laid out....
>>
>>perhaps this will help: export GCC=/usr/bin/gcc
>>
>
>
>
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